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Figures. — PI. VII, Fig. 13, part of a young corallum from the 



side, nat. size. 



K 1560, a set of five specimens ranging from 20 by 21*5 mm. in 

 diameter and 5-5 mm. thick to 60 by 58 mm. in diameter and 

 11 mm. thick. One specimen figured on PL VII, Fig. 13, 

 retains the anthoagathus : raised beach, Camp 6, Northern 

 Wadi Queh. 



K 1589, one well-preserved specimen from the Wadi Queh. 



L 3498, two specimens, the lai-ger of which is 73 by 67*5 mm. 

 in diameter, and about 11 mm. thick : Sinai, Lower Terrace, 

 south of Hedemia Bay. 



L 3498, three smaller specimens, of which the largest is 57 by 

 52-5 mm. in diameter and 11mm. high, and its costga 

 resembles F. placunaria, Klunz. : same locality. 



PORITES, Edwards & Haime, 1860. 

 1. PoEiTES soLiDA (Forskal), 1775. 



Madrepora solida, Forskal, 1775: Descr. Aniin. Itin. Orient., p. 131. 

 Pontes solida, Kluuziuger, 1879 : Korallenth. roth. Meer., pt. ii, p. 42, pi. vi, 

 fig. 14; pi. V, %. 21. 



Distribution. — Recent : Eed Sea. Fossil, Pleistocene : Egypt, 

 lower raised beach, north of Qosseir, Nos. J 2116 and J 2134. 



These specimens closely resemble P. lutea, Edwards & Haime,^ 

 but their pali are less distinct, and so I record them under 

 Klunzinger's name. The depth of the calices cannot be determined 

 in these specimens. 



2. PoRiTES NODiFERA, Klunzinger, 1879. 

 Korallenth. roth. Meer., pt. ii, p. 41, pi. vi, fig. 13 ; pi. v, fig. 17. 



Distribution. — Recent : Red Sea. Fossil, Pleistocene : Egypt, 

 raised beach, 80 feet above sea-level. Camp 8, Wadi Abu Shigeli, 

 Coast Plain, north of Qosseir. 



This specimen is 70 mm. high, and above the base the transverse 

 section is elliptical, being 47 mm. wide by 28 mm. thick. The corallum 

 divides above into short, thick branches. The walls are very thin 

 and trabecular ; the pali are fairly distinct, but the columella is not 

 very apparent ; but these structures are not well defined in the 

 irregularly trabecular skeleton of this genus. 



MONTIPORA, Quoy & Gaimard, 1833. 



MONTIPORA Sp. 



No. J 1826, old beach. Camp 17, Wadi Barud. The collection 

 made by Mr. Barron from this locality includes a worn fragment of 

 a Montipora. But it is too imperfect for determination as to its 

 position in a genus, which, according to Mr. Bernard's Catalogue, 

 includes 140 recent species. 



The collection includes some indeterminable specimens as follows : 

 K 1656, cast probably not a coral : raised beach, 300 feet high, 

 Wadi Hamrawein. 



^ Edwards & Haime: Hist. nat. Cor., vol. iii, p. 180. 



